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As a minority in Syria, the Kurds face several challenges. In history, the Kurds have either assimilated themselves to the state, or have resisted central authority.

Kurdistan, centered on the Zagros mountain range on the borders of present-day Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria, is the homeland of the Kurds. Estimates are that there are around 30 million Kurds around the world, mainly dispersed in the Middle East. Approximately 1 million live in Syria and are viewed as a minority by the ruling elite because they are "a group of people, differentiated from others in the same society by race, nationality, religion, or language, who both think of themselves as a differentiated group and are of thought by others as a differentiated group with negative connotations.”.

1.    ↑ Rowe, P.S. (2018). Routledge Handbook of Minorities in te Middle East (1st Ed.) London, England: Routledge.

2.    ↑ Rowe, P.S. (2018). Routledge Handbook of Minorities in te Middle East (1st Ed.) London, England: Routledge.

3.    ↑ Rose (2008), in Rowe, P.S. (2018). Routledge Handbook of Minorities in te Middle East (1st Ed.) London, England: Routledge.